Don't tell my husband, but I went dancing with NED yesterday... eeeeeeeeeeeee!

D Lewis
D Lewis Member Posts: 1,581 Member
in Head and Neck Cancer #1
I had my 9-month post treatment checkup at Stanford yesterday, and there was no evidence of disease. Yay! Granted, all they did was scope ('gack'), palpate the base of my tongue ('gag gag gag gag gag') and squeeze my throat till I got a little blue in the face ('wheeze') but it was still happy news.

I finished cisplatin and eight weeks of radiation in May 2010 for HPV+ Stage 4 BOT SCC, with mets to lymph nodes on both sides of my neck. I had a PET-CT at the three month mark back in August, which showed NED then. At this point, my Stanford doc is recommending no PET-CT till the end of this year, which would make it roughly one year out from my August PET-CT. If he's okay with that, I'm okay with that. I'll be dancing even harder if that one comes back clean.

Heal on! To those of you in the early stages of this fight; keep on fighting!

Deb
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  • MarineE5
    MarineE5 Member Posts: 1,030 Member
    #2
    Shhhssshhhh.......
    okay,

    I'll beee quiet about it NOT...HooRay for You and NED. I don't think your husband will mind if you are seeing NED. Outstanding news to say the least. I have happy feet for you, doing a little Irish Dance here : ), well, maybe looks more like a bear dancing.

    My Best to You and Everyone Here
  • rozaroo
    rozaroo Member Posts: 665
    #3
    MarineE5 said:

    Shhhssshhhh.......
    okay,

    I'll beee quiet about it NOT...HooRay for You and NED. I don't think your husband will mind if you are seeing NED. Outstanding news to say the least. I have happy feet for you, doing a little Irish Dance here : ), well, maybe looks more like a bear dancing.

    My Best to You and Everyone Here

    Deb!
    Congratulation's on your clean scope! Keep on dancing Deb! Your hubby will not mind NED at all!
  • ratface
    ratface Member Posts: 1,337 Member
    #4
    rozaroo said:

    Deb!
    Congratulation's on your clean scope! Keep on dancing Deb! Your hubby will not mind NED at all!

    Congrats on the great check-up
    Your PET/CT interval is really telling of what your doctor thinks. I'm 18 months post and still go every 4 months. They obviously like what they see and you should be out riding today.
  • JUDYV5
    JUDYV5 Member Posts: 392
    #5
    Congrats on the great news
    Always love to hear the great news
  • adventurebob
    adventurebob Member Posts: 691
    #6
    Right on Deb!
    Saddle up the mules. I'll see you in the High Country. Congrats!!
    Bob
  • Skiffin16
    Skiffin16 Member Posts: 8,305 Member
    #7
    SHHHH
    Your secret is safe with us...but you need to keep the yelling and screaming down, LOL....

    Congrats, on a job well done...one year is about right for the PET scans. I even had a few CT scans thrown in during my first year...

    Best,
    John
  • donna340
    donna340 Member Posts: 72
    #8
    Congrats!
    Congrats on that wonderful News, Keep Dancing!
  • donna340
    donna340 Member Posts: 72
    #9
    Congrats!
    Congrats on that wonderful News, Keep Dancing!
  • sweetblood22
    sweetblood22 Member Posts: 3,228
    #10
    donna340 said:

    Congrats!
    Congrats on that wonderful News, Keep Dancing!

    Yay!
    Commencing happy dance!
  • luv4lacrosse
    luv4lacrosse Member Posts: 1,410 Member
    #11
    DANCING WITH NED
    "YOU GO GIRL!!!!"

    AWESOME NEWS, I JUST RECEIVED MY 4 MONTH POST AND ALSO DANCED WITH NED LAST MONDAY.

    BEST!!

    MIKE
  • Glenna M
    Glenna M Member Posts: 1,576
    #12
    NED
    Deb, so happy for your good news. I will be joining others here in a happy dance for you!!

    Love reading happy news like this!!!

    Celebrate and enjoy yourself,
    Glenna
  • Pumakitty
    Pumakitty Member Posts: 652
    #13
    So Happy
    I am so happy to hear this!! Please enjoy your good news and say a little prayer that my dad gets the same good news next Friday, please.

    Kathy
  • mixleader
    mixleader Member Posts: 267 Member
    #14
    Hi, Deb
    Deb, it is always a pleasure to read good news like this. It sure feels good, doesn't it? Here's hoping for many more clean exams and tests.

    Roger
  • Jimbo55
    Jimbo55 Member Posts: 590 Member
    #15
    Excellent Deb!!!
    So good to hear Deb, congrats bit time. Cheers

    Jimbo
  • Kent Cass
    Kent Cass Member Posts: 1,898 Member
    #16
    Jimbo55 said:

    Excellent Deb!!!
    So good to hear Deb, congrats bit time. Cheers

    Jimbo

    Hey Deb-
    OH YEAH! Great to hear, girl. You rock.

    kcass
  • Kimba1505
    Kimba1505 Member Posts: 557
    #17
    Kent Cass said:

    Hey Deb-
    OH YEAH! Great to hear, girl. You rock.

    kcass

    Shoot the messenger!!
    I'm telling your husband and everyone else that you are making NED such a huge part of your life. Shoot me!!
  • Scambuster
    Scambuster Member Posts: 973
    #18
    Kimba1505 said:

    Shoot the messenger!!
    I'm telling your husband and everyone else that you are making NED such a huge part of your life. Shoot me!!

    Nice One !
    Great to hear Deb. Mucho happy for you.

    Scam
  • wifeforlife
    wifeforlife Member Posts: 189
    #19
    Scambuster said:

    Nice One !
    Great to hear Deb. Mucho happy for you.

    Scam

    Happy Dance
    I Love NED.
    Wife :)
  • Liz K.
    Liz K. Member Posts: 32
    #20
    Yes!
    Sweet news!!
  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    #21
    Hi Debbie
    That is some really great news not to be able to share, congratulations on the NED.

    I am happy as I can be for you
    Hondo

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